[8] Record drawing for a building, c.1791-92, as executed

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  - Glasgow Royal Infirmary: designs for an infirmary, c.1791-94, executed in part (8)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/9

Purpose

[8] Record drawing for a building, c.1791-92, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of the principal front of a four-storey, thirteen-bay building with a central raised dome, over a basement, similar to SM Adam volume 48/8 with some omissions and additions. There is a Greek Doric portico in the central bay and the columns supporting the pediment above are Corinthian. The additional floor to the dome appears to have been omitted in place for a simple balustrade with heraldry. The outer bays have Diocletian windows to the ground floor, Venetian windows to the first and second floors and three bays of windows to the third floor. There are a mixture of square-headed and arched windows and across the entire elevation is a mixture of string coursing, cornices, medallions, moulded panels, and festoon friezes

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Another Design for the Infirmary at Glasgow ~ / (in another hand) the right Copy according to the Contract / (in a curator’s hand) Possibly / original SR / vol 10. 138. / [1792] / 1^st [_ _ _ _] and 19^t^h May / James Adam [_ _ _ _ _ _]

Signed and dated

8/05/1791-92
Edin^r. 8. May / datable to c.1791-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (661x549)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Watermark

Portal & Bridges / GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
Stevenson, 2000, pp. 196-200
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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